'Narrative of a Residence in Koordistan, and on the Site of Ancient Nineveh; with Journal of a Voyage down the Tigris to Bagdad and an Account of a Visit to Shirauz and Persepolis.' [‎408] (443/450)

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ZIKR EL AAWAZE.
[APP. IX.
18*2 geographical miles. In one hour and forty minutes
I passed the Zikr el Aawaze, or dam across the river, which
is a little below Nimrod ; and in two hours and forty minutes
more arrived at the castle of KeshafF, on the south bank of
the Zab, where it falls into the Tigris. The mouth of the
Zab is nine hours from Mousul by land*; and several
other villages which are on the northern, or left bank of the
Zab, from its junction with the Tigris up to the passage at
Kellek, are all said by the natives to be nine hours from
Mousul.
The passage of the Zab at Kellek' I conclude from my
travelling in my journey up to Mousul, to be in latitude
36° 16' 12'', and distance W. of the meridian of Bagdad
28° 3'. (From this the Zab runs towards the Tigris in
S. 40 W.) The distance of the passage at Kellek from Mou
sul is, according to my travelling, twenty-four geographical
miles. If my rate of floating down the river from Hamam
Ali to the mouth of the Zab be the same as from Mousul to
Hamam Ali, and with the same circumstances of river, &c.,
it would give 24*18 miles for the distance from Mousul,
which is, I am persuaded, near the truth.
Niebuhr's tracing of the Tigris between Bagdad and
Mousul cannot be depended on ; indeed, he drew merely
from information. Khanuza (which he incorrectly calls el
* N .B. I have taken at different times the most precise infor
mation respecting the distance of the mouth of the Zab from
Mousul. Horsemen tolerably well mounted go in eight hours to
Keshaff, which is on the south side of the Zab, at its confluence.
Additional information since acquired :—
Mousul to Hamam Ali . • 4 hours.
To a place on the west bank, exactly opposite Keshaff 4 „
Mousul to Keshaff, all the way by the east bank of the
Tigris, including the passage of the Zab , 10 „